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Im new here and i have been watching the forum for a few days and i think it's time i made my first post...
Here it is...
I have one website with is hosted at server X. I have three promotional domainnames with are linked to a page on server Y. The pages ons server Y all redirect to server X. Is this considered spamming?
Thanx.
C.
Does is make a difference if all the pages are on the same server?
Thanx
C.
Likely only as far as server Y is concerned, which is an important distinction to make. Therefore, if you're going to do anything that might be considered nefarious, keep it as far away from your main site as possible - different domain, different IP ... preferably different IP block and different country.
Do a webmasterworld.com site search for mirror sites on Google. Here are several links to start off:
Mirror Sites
www.webmasterworld.com/glossary/mirror_sites.htm
Pointing multiple domain names to main site without mirrors
[webmasterworld.com...]
Robots.txt for mirror sites
[webmasterworld.com...]
You absolutely do not want "mirrors" (as defined in the first link above).
The second thread above represents my efforts to find out how to redirect multiple domains economically and properly, to resolve to one main site, with no search engine problems.
As you can see from the third thread, and from this current thread, most opinion suggests you don't the same content appearing on multiple urls.
You also should avoid client side (meta refresh or javascript) redirects as a way of using multiple domains.
Example, I search for widgets I get
widgets.com
gadgets.com
whatsits.com
These are the top three. To my surprise and dismay, when clicking all 3 they all dump to the same page.
Now, imagine how the surfer feels. Feels like he just wasted his time right? Now imagine the first 20 listings all redirected to the same site. You would be FRIED, totally angry and looking for a new search engine.
Not only would you be spamming for trying to do this, they LIVE to destroy you, as this type of thing is a SEs worst nightmare. Nothing can kill a SEs rep faster then allowing this. Imagine trying to find something on the web if they all allowed this unchecked.
True some sites "seem" to have defeated this with cloaked domains. It's only a matter of time...
If it seems like spam, or it might be spam, it probably is spam...
